Scripture Reading for May 16, 2015
Torah: Leviticus 26:3 – 27:34, “Bechukotai: (My statutes … ) Haftorah: Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14 New Testament: Acts 1:9 – 11 Gospel: Matthew 21:33 – 46, “Shemu” (Listen … )
Torah: Leviticus 26:3 – 27:34, “Bechukotai: (My statutes … ) Haftorah: Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14 New Testament: Acts 1:9 – 11 Gospel: Matthew 21:33 – 46, “Shemu” (Listen … )
By: RABBI JACOB EMDENS, Harvey Falk Chapter 1 of “Jesus The Pharisee a New Look a The Jewishness of Jesus”— Rabbi Emden(1697–1776) was one of the leading Torah authorities of the past several centuries. Historians of the rabbinate have often compared. him to Maimonides, both having written on all branches of Jewish knowledge, and both having…